The Woman Who Reported Jesse Calhoun to Police Before She Vanished

Jesse Lee Calhoun grew up in Troutdale, Oregon, dropped out of high school, and racked up two decades of criminal convictions — assault, drugs, weapons, burglary. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office called him a prolific thief and career criminal. In 2021, Governor Kate Brown granted him early release after he fought the 2020 Oregon wildfires as part of an inmate crew. He walked out of prison roughly a year ahead of schedule.

Prosecutors now allege Calhoun killed six women in the Portland area between November 2022 and April 2023. Their ages ranged from twenty-two to thirty-two. Their bodies were found in secluded locations across Oregon and Washington — near state parks, along creeks, in an abandoned barn, in a pond. One victim's body has never been recovered. Only one cause of death has been publicly disclosed: blunt force trauma to the head.

According to Ashley Real's father, she went to police in November 2022 with marks on her throat and identified Calhoun as the man who choked her. A report was filed and the case was transferred to another jurisdiction. She disappeared the following March and was found dead two months later. The Portland Police Bureau publicly denied any connection between the deaths. Officers later arrested Calhoun on a parole violation after he fled into the Willamette River. Indictments have been coming ever since — the sixth arrived September 16, 2026. Calhoun has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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